emily reid
During the summer of 2004, I took an oil painting class at UC Santa Cruz. While I did not like painting with oils, I liked landscape painting. I was interested in the emotions that the landscape evoked in me. I felt different when I painted surf pounding against rough-beaten cliffs than when I painted the serene lake. So when I came back to Saint Mary's, I decided to experiment with landscapes using acrylic paint. While painting certain landscapes, particular images come to my mind. I realize that while I am painting a landscape, I am also experiencing my own inner landscape. I incorporate these surreal images into my paintings to add new dimensions to the work. It makes for a combination of an interior and exterior landscape. As I began to study the work of artists like Salvador Dali, my paintings became increasingly more surreal. I found it interesting to explore my mind along with the landscape and am only now beginning to explore this idea of the mindscape, which I hope to continue.
